Power Management Setup Option - ECS P6SEP-Me User Manual

Power Management Setup Option

This option displays a table of items which lets you control the power management of
the system. Modern operating systems take care of much of the routine power
management. This mainboard supports ACPI (advanced configuration and power
interface).
This system supports three levels of power-saving modes; doze mode, standby mode,
and suspend mode. Standby mode uses less power than doze mode and suspend mode
uses the least power.
PM Timers
The power management in the setup utility lets you specify a timeout for each of the
power-saving modes, and a timeout for a hard disk drive power down. A timeout,
means a period of time when the system (or the hard disk drive) is inactive. If the
timeout completes, the system power-saving mode will execute, or the hard disk drive
will power down.
PM Events
The Power Management Setup page includes a list of items named ** PM Events **.
The first six items on this list show system events. If these events are set to Enabled,
then any activity on that event will reset the system timeout counters for the power
saving modes. The remaining items include wake-up alarms and other means of
resuming the system from a software powerdown.
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